Railway car



Nbv. 1, 1932.

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W. E. WINE RAILWAY CAR Filed Oct. 10, 1931 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR Mw. 5M.

Lanonusva Patented Nov. 1, 1932 WILLIAM E. WINE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO RAILWAY CAR Application filed October 10, 1931.

My invention relates to railway cars and more particularly to improvements in freight cars of the gondola type.

A principal object of the invention is to s provide new and improved means for hingedly associating a drop end door with the gondola car and for supporting the door when the latter is disposed in an upright or closed position. Another object of the invention is m to provide new and improved means for supporting the floor portions of the car.

Still another object of the invention is to provide new and improved means for strengthening the corner construction of gondola cars.

A primary feature of the invention consists in providing the car with an end sill having a substantially vertical portion and an inwardly extending substantially horigi; zontal portion, the corner posts of the car being secured to the side and end sills and being integrally provided with a portion secured to the inwardly extending horizontal. portion of the end sill.

Another feature of the invention consists in providing, in combination with an end sill of the car having a substantially vertical plate portion and a substantially horizontal portion extending inwardly from the latter, a corner post having a portion secured in overlapping relation to the outer face of the plate portion of the end sill and a portion secured to the inwardly extending portion of the end sill.

is. still further feature of the invention consists in providing, in combination with a drop end door of a gondola car, a corner post having a flange secured to a side wall of the car and a flange adapted to overlap the no outer face of the door when the latter is in closed position, the lower portion of the corner post being provided with a substantially horizontal portion integrally connect-- ing the flanges thereof, said horizontal portion serving as a support for the adjacent lower edge of the door. 7

A still further feature of the invention consists in rigidly providing the transverse underframe members of the car with brackets affording means to which longitudinally ex- Serial No. 568,178.

tending "floor supporting members may be attached.

A still further feature of the invention consists in providing in combination with a side sill having a downwardly and inwardly inclined portion terminating in a substantially vertical flange, means for supporting an adjacent portion of the car floor Whose undersurface is disposed above the lower edge of the inclined p rtion of the side sill, said so means involving a member having a portion secured to the flange of the side sill and provided with a plurality of openings affording a drain for water seeping between the side sill and floor portion.

Other and more specific features of the invention residing in advantageous forms, combinations and relations of parts will hereinafter appear and be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings illustrating a preferred 7 embodiment of the invention:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan View of a gondola car.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary end view of the car. 7

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on line 33, Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4l, Figure 3, a portion of the car floor being broken away.

Figure 5 is a sectional View taken on line 55, Figure'l.

Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 66, Figure 1.

Figure 7 is an enlarged sectional view 35 taken on line 7 -7, Figure 1.

Figure 8 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on line 88, Figure 1. V

Figure 9 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 99, Figure 1.

Figure 10 is a sectional view taken on line 1010, Figure 9.

Figure 11 is an enlarged sectional View taken on line 11-11, Figure 7 Figure 12 is an enlarged detail view taken 95 on line l2-12, the floor being omitted.

s Figure 13 is a plan view of the construction illustrated in Figure 12.

Referring more particularly to the drawings:

1 indicates the center sills and 2 the side sills. The center sills may be of any suitable construction and for purposes of illustrating the invention, those of the type having a substantially vertical web 3 and inwardly projecting top flanges 4 and oppositely projecting bottom flanges 5 have been chosen. As is customary, the top flanges 4 of the sills are connected by a top cover plate 6 through the intermediary of rivets 7. The side sills 2 are preferably of the type having a downwardly and inwardly inclined web 8 and upwardly and downwardly projecting substantially vertical flanges 9 and 10 respectively. The upwardly projecting flanges 9 afford convenient portions to which the side walls of the car which may advantageously be formed of metal sheets 11, may be attached.

Intermediate the ends of the car, the side and center sills are connected by a plurality of transverse underframe members 12 and 13 respectively, 12 designating the body bolsters and 13 the cross bearers. These underframe members are preferably of the type illustrated and described in my co-pending application Serial Number 404,964, filed November 5, 1929, and each is provided with a substantially horizontal top flange 14 and a substantially vertical web portion 15.

At their ends, the side and center sills are connected by end sills 16. As only one end of the car is illustrated, only the end sill at that end is shown, but it will, of course, be appreciated that the end sill at the opposite end of the car is a duplicate of the one illus trated. This end sill includes a substantially vertical plate member 17 and two angle shaped members 18 and 19 respectively. The angle member 18 is disposed adjacent the upper portion of the plate member 17 and is provided with a substantially vertical leg 20 secured to the plate member in overlapping relation to its inner face and a substantially horizontal leg 21 which projects inwardly from the plate member below the upper edge of the latter. The angle member 19 is dis posed adjacent the lower portion of the plate member 17 and has a substantially vertical leg 22 secured to the plate member in overlapping relation to its inner face and a sub stantially horizontal leg 23 projecting inwardly at substantially the lower edge thereof. For a purpose that will hereinafter appear, the horizontal leg 21 of the angle member 18 projects inwardly a greater distance than the horizontal leg 23 of the angle member 19.

The corner posts 24 of the car are of substantially T-shape in cross section and each has a flange or stem 25 rigidly secured to the adjacent side sheet of the car and flanges 23 and 27 which respectively project on pposite sides of the flange The flange 26 projects outwardly beyond the adjacent side sheet of the car while the flange 27 projects inwardly therefrom and is adapted to overlap and form an abutment for the drop end door 28 when the latter is in an upright or closed position. Any suitable mechanism may be employed for maintaining the drop end door in closed position such, for example, as that disclosed in my copending application Serial Number 442,508, filed April 4, 1930, which involves a pivotally mounted latch member 29 adapted to engage an adj acent portion of the door and a cam member 30 for securing the latch in door engaging position.

The lower portion of the flange 25 of the corner post is provided with a plurality of offset portions 31, 32. and 33 respectively secured to the web and flanges 8, 9, and 10 of the adjacent side sill. The lower portion of flange 27 of the corner post is provided with an extension or enlarged portion 34 which is secured to the adjacent portion of the end sill in overlapping relation to the outer face of the vertical plate member 17 thereof. To rcinforce the lower portion of the corner post and to also provide additional means for connecting it to the end sill it is provided. with a substantially horizontal portion integrally connecting the lower portions of the flanges 25 and 27 thereof. Outwardly of the ends of the horizontal leg 21 of the angle member 18, the upper surfaces of the portions 35 of the corner posts are disposed in the plane of the upper surface the leg, but inwardly of the ends of the latter the portions are oilset downwardly as at 36 to pass beneath the leg for attachment thereto by rivets 37. As the portions 35 of the corner posts not only e2;- tend inwardly of the ends of the angle member 18 but also inwardly of the ends of the plate member 17 the latter slotted or recessed as at 38 to receive the portions The drop end door may be conveniently formed of sheet metal and is provided along its side edges with inwardly projecting reinforcing flanges 39 and along its bottom ed with a reinforcing member 40 which is preferably in the form of a bulb angle. The angle 40 is arranged on the door so that one of its flanges, designated 41, is rigidly secured to the door, the other of its flanges, desist; nated 42, extends inwardly from the door and the bulb portion 43 spends slightly below the lower edge of the door. Although the flanges of the angle 40 terminate within the side edges of the door, the bulb portion 43 thereof extends beyond the side edges to afford trunnions 44 by which the door is pivotally associated with the car. Nhen the door is disposed in an upright or closed position the major portion of the bulb 43 of the angle member 40 rests on the horizontal leg 21 of the angle member 18 while the end portions of the bulb, namely the trunnions 44, rest on the horizontal portions 35 of the corner posts. lhus it wil be observed that the entire support for the door when in closed position is afforded by the end sill and corner posts.

Each of the corner posts is integrally formed above the horizontal portion 35 with a substantially vertical wall 45 which projects inwardly from the flange in spaced relation to the flange 27. This wall. together with the adjacent portion of the flange 27 and the intervening part of the portion forms a housing in which the adjacent trunnion of the door is disposed. If desired, he wall may be reinforced by a flange 46 which may be conveniently formed integrally with the wall and the horizontal portion 35.

The spaces between the top flanges of the underframe members of the car and between the end sills and the underframe members adjacent thereto, namely, the body bolsters, are spanned by floor sections, preferably of wood, some of which areprovided with movable portions in the form of doors. The immovable floor sections are preferably formed by wooden planks 47 which extend transversely of the car while the floor sections having movable portions are formed by doors 48, a longitudinally extending plank 49 which is interposed between the hinged edges of? the doors and longitudinally extending planks 50 which are respectively interposed between the side sills and the free edges of the doors. Although I have shown an immovable floor section between one of the body bolsters of the car and the adjacent end sill and between two of the cross bearers and a floor section having doors between the body bolster and the next adjacent cross bearer, it will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art that the doors may be disposed in any desired floor section and that my invention is not limited to the arrangement of floor sections shown.

To provide means for supporting the transversely ext-ending planks 47 of the immovablefloor sections, longitudinally extending members 51 are preferably employed. Each of these supporting members may advantageously be of Z-shape having a substantially vertical web .52 and oppositely projecting upper and lower substantially horizontal flanges 53 and 54 respectively, the upper flanges 58 being arranged in supporting cooperation with the undersides of the planks. Although any suitable number of these longitudinally extending supporting members may be employed for each immovable floor section, I have found that only three are necessary, two being disposed on opposite sides of the center sill. substantially midway between the latter and the adjacent side sill and the other being disposed over the center sill. The members 51 which are disposed over the center sill are of such dimension that their upper flanges 53 may be secured to the underside of the floor sections while their lower flanges 54 be attached to the center sill by means of some of the rivets which are used to connect the top flanges 4 of the sill to the cover plate 6.

To afford convenient means to which the floor supporting members which are disposed arranged in pairs and the brackets of each pair project laterally from opposite sides of the web portion of the underframe member with which they are associated. Each bracket is of substantially Z-shape having a horizontal web, an upwardly projecting substantially vertical flange 57 which may be formed integrally with the adjacent portion of the top flange of the underframe member and a'lower substantially vertical flange 58 which projects downwardly below the adjacent portion of the web 15 of the underframe member and which may be integrally formed with the corresponding portion of the other bracket of its pair. The floor supporting members 51 are arranged so that their upper flanges 53 may be rigidly secured to the webs 56 of the brackets and their webs 52 secured to the lower flanges 58 of the brackets. In this manner it will be appreciated that a most rigid connection is obtained between the floor supporting members and the brackets. Since the floor sections which are immovable have been shown to be alternately arranged with the floor sections having movable portions, it will, of course, be understood that only one bracket of each pair is used. However, should the floor sections be arranged so that two immovable sections adjoin each other, both brackets of each pair formed integrally with the adjacent portion posed between the floor sections will then be used. It is for this purpose that the brackets are arranged in pairs and also for the purpose of making the underframe members symmetrical. r

The longitudinally extending members which are disposed between the center and side sills for supporting the immovable floor sections between the end sill and body bolster are respectively connected at one end to brackets integral with the body bolster, and at the other end to the end. sill. The members 51 are preferably connected to the end sill by being arranged so that the flanges 54 overlap the upper surface of the horizontal leg 23 of the lower end sill angle member 19, the flanges 54 and leg 23 being preferably connected by rivets 59. Each of the floor supporting members may be additionally secured to the angle member 19 of the end sill by an angle bracket 60 which is provided with a vertical leg 61 secured by a rivet 62 to the web 52 of the supporting member and with a horizontal leg 63 secured to the horizontal leg23 of the end sill angle member. The floor supporting member which is interposed between the top of the center sill and the immovable floor section which spans the space between the end sill and body bolster is secured to and cooperates with the center sill in the manner heretofore described.

To prevent the escape of fine. lading from the car the top flanges 14 of the underframe members are preferably disposed in overlapping relation with adjacent portions of neighboring floor portions. Moreover, the horizontal leg 21 of the angle member 18 of the end sill projects into the car a suflicient distance to overlie the adjacent portion of the floor section which adjoins the end sill.

The lading discharge doors 48 may advantageously be formed of a plurality of planks which may be connected in any suitable manner such as, for example, by the flanged strengthening and reinforcing members 65. The inner ends of these members are preferably formed to receive pintles 66 to hingedly connect the doors to brackets G? which are secured on top of the center sill. The outer ends of. the members 65'preferably ei-ztend downwardly as at 68 to project outwardly be yond the side sills to cooperate with any suitable door supporting mechanism (not shown). If desired, the free edges of the doors may be provided with angle members 69 which are adapted to underlie the adjacent floor planks 50 to prevent the escape of line lading at these points.

The outer ends of the immovable planks l7 and the outer side edges of the planks 50 which are interposed between. the free edges of the doors and the side sills are shaped or cut to conform to the inclined webs 8 of the side. sills. To support the planks 50 and to support the portions of the innnovable floor sections adjacent the side sills angularly shaped members 70 preferably employed. Each of these members has a substantially vertical flange 71 which is se cured by rivets 7 2 to the lower vertical flange 10 of adjacent side sill. The flange 1 0):- tends upwardly above the point of juncture of the flange 10 and web 8 of the side sill and terminates in an inwardly extending substantially horizontal flange 73 which under lies and affords support for adjacent portions of the floor. These portions of the car floor are preferably secured to the flan 73 of the members 70 by bolts 74. he vertical flange 71 of each of the members 70 is provided with a plurality of cut-out portions 7 5 whereby water, which may seep between the web of the side sill and adjacent portions of the car floor, may drain. These cut-out portions or drain openings may be conveniently formed by serrating the vertical flange 71 of each member 70.

From the foregoing it will be appreciated that I have devised simple and eiiicient means for supporting thefloors of gondola cars and for supporting, when in closed position, the drop end doors of such cars. Moreover, it will appear that I have devised simple and eiiicient means for reinforcing the corner construction of gondola cars and for pivotally associating the drop end doors with the corner construction.

I claim:

1. A railway gondola car involving side sills, an end still having a substantially vertical portion and a substantially horizontal portion, and corner posts respectively secured to said side sills, each of said corner posts being integrally provided with portions respectively secured to the vertical and horizontal portions of the end sills.

2. A railway gondola car involving side sills, an end sill provided with a substantially vertical plate portion and a substantially horizontal portion projecting inwardly therefrom, and corner posts respectively secured to the side sills, each of said corner posts havin portions respectively secured to said plate and horizontal portions of the end sill.

3. A railway gondola car involving side sills, an end sill comprising a substantially vertical plate portion and a member secured to the latter having a substantially horizontal portion projecting inwardly from the plate portion, and corner posts respectively secured to said side sills, each of said corner posts being integrally formed with portions respectively secured to said plate portion and to said horizontal portion.

l. A railway gondola car involving side sills, an end sill having a substantially vertical plate portion and a substantially horizontal portion extending inwardly from the latter below its upper edge, and corner posts respectively secured to said side sills, each of said corner posts having a portion secured to the plate portion of the end sill in overlapping relation to its outer face and a portion secured to the inwardly extending portion of the end sill.

5. A railway gondola car involving side sills, an end sill having a substantially vertical plate portion and an inwardly projecting substantially horizontal portion, and corner posts respectively secured to said side sills, each of said corner posts having a portion secured to the vertical plate portion of the end sill. in overlapping relation to its outer face and a substantially horizontal por tion extending through said plate portion and rigidly secured to the horizontal portion of the end sill.

6. A railway gondola car involving side sills, an end sill comprising a substantially vertical plate member and angle members re spectively secured tosaid plate member adjacent its upper and lower portions, each of said angle members having a leg secured to the inner face of said plate member and a leg projecting inwardly therefrom, and

corner posts respectively secured to said side sills, each of said corner posts having a portion secured to the plate member of the end sill in overlapping relation to its outer face 1 an end sill having and a portion secured to the inwardly projecting leg of the angle member adjacent the upper portion of the plate member.

7. A railway gondola car having side sills, a substantially vertical portion and an inwardly projecting substantially horizontal portion, and corner posts respectively secured to said side sills, each of said corner posts including a flange secured to the adjacent side sill, a flange secured to the vertical portion of the end sill, and a substantially horizontal portion integrally con-- meeting said flanges, said horizontal portion being rigidly secured to the inwardly pro ecting portion of the end sill.

8. In a railway gondola car having side sills, an end sill having a substantially vertical portion and an inwardly projecting substantially horizontal portion, and corner posts respectively secured to the side sills, each of said corner posts having a flange secured to the side sill and a flange secured to the vertical portion of the end sill in overlapping relation to the outer face thereof, each of said corner posts being also provided with a substantially horizontal portion integrally connecting the flanges thereof, the vertical portion of the end sill being slotted to receive the horizontal portion of the corner post and said horizontal portion being secured in overlapping relation to the inwardly projecting portion of the end sill.

9. A railway gondola car involving a side sill having an inclined web and upper and lower substantially vertical flanges, an end sill, and a corner post having flanges 'respectively arranged in overlapping relation with a side and an end of the car, the flange of the corner post overlapping the side of the car having portions respectively secured to the inclined web and vertical flanges of the side sill and the flange of the corner post over lapping the end of the car being rigidly secured to the end sill.

10. A railway gondola car having a drop end door adapted when in open position to overlap the floor of the car, and a corner post having a flange secured to a side of the car and a flange adapted to overlap the'outer face of the door when the door is in closed position, said corner post being provided adjacent its lower portion with a substantially horizontal portion integrally connecting the flanges thereof, said horizontal portion constituting a support for the adjacent lower portion of the door when the door is in closed position.

11. A railway gondola car having a. drop end door adapted when in open position to overlap the floor of the car, an end sill having a substantiallyvertical portion and an inwardly projecting substantially horizontal portion, and corner posts respectively disposed adjacent the ends of the end sill, each of said corner posts having a flange rigidly secured to the adjacent side of the car and a flange adapted to overlap the outer face of the door when the latter is in closed position, each of said corner posts being provided with a substantially horizontal portion integrally connecting the flanges thereof, the horizon: tal portions of said corner posts being secured to the inwardly projecting portion of the end sill and constituting a support for the door when the latter is in closed position.

12. A railway gondola car having a drop end door adapted when in open position to overlap the floor of the car, and an end sill comprising a substantially vertical plate portion and angle members respectively secured to said plate portion adjacent the upper and lower edges thereof, each of said angle members having a le secured to the inner face of said plate portion and a leg projecting inwardly therefrom, the inwardly projecting leg of the angle member adjacent the upper edge of said plate portion serving as a suppor for the door when the latter is in closed position.

13. A railway gondola car having a drop end door adapted when in open position to overlap the floor of the car, and an end sill comprising a substantially vertical plate member and a plurality of angle members respectively secured to said plate member adjacent the upper and lower portions thereof, each of said angle members having a leg secured to the plate member in overlapping relation to its inner face and a leg projecting inwardly therefrom, the inwardly projecting leg of the angle member secured to the upper portion of said plate projecting inwardly from the latter a. greater distance than the inwardly projecting leg of the other angle member and said leg being arranged in overlapping relation with a portion of the floor of the car and serving as a support for the door when the latter is in closed position.

14. A railway gondola car having a drop end door adapted when in open position to overlap the floor of the car, and an end sill having a substantially vertical plate member and an angle member, said angle member having a substantially vertical leg secured to the inner face of the plate member and a sub stantially horizontal leg projecting inwardly from the plate member adjacent the lower edge of said vertical leg, said horizontal leg serving as a support for the door when the latter is in closed position and said vertical leg being adapted to overlap the outer face of the door.

15. In a railway gondola car having a drop end door adapted when in open position to overlap the floor of the car, the combination it at integrally connecting the flanges thereof and with a substantially vertical wall formed integrally with and pro ecting inwardly from the flange of the corner post secured to the side wall of the car, and trunnions adjacent the lower portion of the door and projecting laterally therefrom, said trunnions being respectively interposed between said vertical walls of the corner posts and the flanges thereof adapted to overlap the outer face of the door, said horizontal portions of the corner posts constituting supports for said trunnions when the door is in closed position.

16. A railway gondola car comprising transverse underframe members, each of said underframe members being rigidly provided with a laterally projecting bracket, a floor portion spanning the space between said underframe members, and a member extending longitudinally of the car between said underframe members for supporting the floor said longitudinally extending member being secured to the brackets of said underframc members.

17. A railway gondola car comprising transverse underframe members, each 01" said underframe members being rigidly provided with a laterally projecting bracket having angularly disposed portions, a floor portion spanning the space between the underframe members, and a member extending longitudinally of the car between the underframe members for supporting said floor portion, said longitudinally extending member having portions respectively secured to the angularly disposed portions of the brackets of said underframe members.

18. A railway gondola car comprising transverse underframe members, each of said underframe members being rigidly provided with a laterally projecting bracket, a floor portion spanning the space between the underframe members, and a substantially Z- shaped member extending longitudinally of the car between the underframe members for supporting the floor, said longitudinally extending member being rigidly secured to the brackets of the underframe members and having a substantially horizontal top flange underlying said floor portion for supporting cooperation therewith.

19. A railway gondola car comprising transverse underframe members, each of said underframe members having a substantially horizontal top flange and a substantially vertical web portion, a bracket formed integrally with the top flange and web portion of each of said underframe members, a floor portion spanning the space between the undertraine members, and a member extending longitudinally of the car between the under-frame in embers and rigidly secured to said brackets for supporting said floor portion.

20. A railway gondola car comprising transverse undertrame members, each of said undert'ram-e members being integrally provided with a laterally projecting bracket, each of said brackets being of substantially Z- sha e and havin a substantiall horizontal web, and a substantially Z-shaped member extending longitudinally of the c r between said underframe members for supporting said floor portion, said Z-shaped member having a substantially horizontal top flange secured to the webs of said brackets.

21. A railway gondola car comprising an end sill, a body bolster having a laterally projecting bracket, a floor portion spanning the space between the end sill and body bolster; and a member extending longitudinally of the car for supporting said floor portion, said member being rigidly secured to the bracket of the body bolster and to said end sill.

22. A railway gondola car comprising an end sill having an inwardly projecting portion, a body bolster provided with a laterally projecting bracket, a floor portion spannii g the space between the end sill and body bolster, a member extending longitudinally ot the car for supporting said floor portion, one end of said member resting upon the inwardly projecting portion of the end sill and being rigidly secured thereto and the other end of said member being rigidly secured to the said bracket of the body bolster.

23. A railway gondola car comprising a center sill, a floor portion spaced above the center sill, and a member extending longitudinally of the car and interposed between the center sill and floor portion for supporting the latter, said member being of substantially Z-shape and having upper and lower substantially horizontal flanges respectively secured to the floor portion and to the center sill.

24-. A railway car comprising a side sill having a downwardly and inwardly inclined web and a substantially vertical flange ex tending downwardly from said web, a floor portion, and a member rigidly secured to the vertical flange of the side sill for supporting said floor portion, said member having a substantially vertical portion extending above the upper edge of said flange of the side sill and a substantially horizontal flange underlying the floor, the portion of the vertical flange of said member extending above the flange of the side sill being provided with a plurality of drain openings.

25. A railway gondola car having a side sill provided with a downwardly and inwardly inclined portion and with 'a substantially vertical flange extending downwardly from the latter, a floor portion disposed adjacent the inclined portion of the side sill, the under surface of the floor portion being disposed above the lower edge of sa1d inclinedportion, and a member for supporting said floor portion, said member having a substantially vertical portion rigidly secured to the vertical flange of the side sill and a substantially horizontal portion disposed in supporting cooperation with the floor portion, said vertical portion of the member extending above the lower edge of the inclined portion of the side sill and having a plurality of drain openings.

26. A railway gondola car having a side sill provided with a. downwardly and inwardly inclined portion and with a substantially vertical flange extending downwardly from the latter, a floor portion disposed adjacent the inclined portion of the side sill and having its under surface spaced above the upper edge of said flange, and an angle member for supporting said floor portion having a substantially vertical leg rigidly secured to the vertical flange of the side sill and a substantially horizontal leg arranged in supporting cooperation with theunder side of the floor portion, said vertical leg extending upwardly above the vertical flange of the side sill itIlCl being provided with a plurality of drain lOlBS.

27. A railway gondola car having a side sill involving a downwardly and inwardly nclined web and substantially vertical flanges projecting upwardly and downwardly from said web, a floor portion disposed adjacent the web of side sill, the underside of said floor portion being disposed in a plane intersectin the side sill above the point of juncture of the web and downwardly projecting flange, and means for supporting said floor portion involving a member having a portion secured to said downwardly projecting flange of the side sill and extending above the upper edge thereof, said portion of the mem ber being provided with a plurality of openings aflording a drain for water seeping between the floor portion and web of the sill.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

WILLIAM E. WVINE. 

